Lopresti: 'Honey Badger' throws away another chance

4:45 PM,
Oct. 26, 2012

Louisiana State's Tyrann "Honey Badger" Mathieu returns a punt for 92 yards against the University of Arkansas last season. Mathieu, who was dropped by LSU this summer for violating the university's substance abuse policy, was arrested Thursday in Baton Rouge and charged with possession of marijuana. Three other former LSU players also were charged.

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MIKE LOPRESTI
USA Today

First of all, let's dispense with the nickname. For good. He is not the "Honey Badger" anymore; college athlete with a colorful moniker.

He is Tyrann Mathieu; apparently a troubled young man and a former Louisiana State football player headed nowhere fast.

Police in Baton Rouge say they've caught Mathieu with marijuana again. If they're correct, the woe to this tale is how someone with so many gifts and so many chances insists on squandering them all. This is becoming a story of utter waste, and when the subject is barely out of his teens, is that not always tragic? ...